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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor · 2003 CE · Short Story · East African · Contemporary

A Rwandan family of former standing lives as refugees in Nairobi after the 1994 genocide, and its members try to keep their dignity in a country where they have no claim. The story depends on what goes unsaid between them. It first appeared in the Kenyan magazine Kwani and won the Caine Prize.

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